I dropped my camera while on holiday last summer. Thankfully, my camera wasn't damaged but the kit lens has lost the ability to autofocus and the UV filter and 58mm to 52mm filter step-down (I use it to attach a fisheye filter to the lens) I had on its end are stuck and won't come off.

I've replaced the lens with an 18-200 zoom lens so I don't especially need it. I was wondering if it was worth getting the lens looked at and possibly repaired?

I've heard many places will charge you £50 or so just to look at the lens and given the cost of the kit lens I'm not sure it's worth it.

I'm going to remove the canon tag, because this question seems generally interesting and we've got at least one good Nikon answer below that may be useful to someone else.
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mattdmJan 21 '11 at 9:54

Exact lens was the Generic Canon 18-55mm that comes as standard with a Canon 500D
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Omar KoohejiFeb 1 '11 at 11:48

The 18-55mm kit lens has literally no value. I doubt most people would even attempt to sell this, so you could probably find it for free among friends or fellow photographers.
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dpollittMay 5 '11 at 23:38